son and a daughter. Eating habits Simpson says her and her family's food costs US$582–$750 per week. She eats 12,000 calories per day. To attain her goal of a 1,000 pound bodyweight, she has limited her movement. Dr. Carla Wolper, a registered dietitian research faculty member at the New York Obesity Research Center, criticized Simpson's eating habits, saying they are self-destructive and New Jersey taxpayers will end up footing her health bills. In late 2010, Simpson was contacted by a magazine editor who told her "they were going to buy her Christmas dinner for her family". Simpson and her family ate a 30,000-calorie Christmas dinner consisting of "two 11 kg (25 lb) turkeys, two maple-glazed hams, 6.8 kg (15 lbs) of potatoes, 4.5 kg (10 lbs) roast, 2.3 kg (5 lbs) mashed, five loaves of bread, 2.3 kg of herb stuffing, three liters of gravy, three liters of cranberry dressing and an astonishing 9 kg (20 lbs) of vegetables, and the dessert consisted of Ambrosia salad made of marshmallow, cream cheese, whipped cream and cookies. The dinner reportedly took Simpson and her family two hours to consume." Internet personality In November 2007 Simpson launched a website. Subscribers can access photos of her body and videos of her eating and measuring her waistline. As of October 2008, she had 260 subscribers, who ranged in age from 20 to 68. She produces YouTube videos. Many fans subscribe to her videos. She also goes to fat fetish websites and shows off her eating habits. Thousands of her fans flock to her sites. Some send her food. She also receives hate mail from critics. She received a book deal and a reality TV show offer. Simpson is an advocate for the fat acceptance movement and has ridiculed "people who feel guilty about eating" as "hilarious". Diet In August 2011, after separating from Gouamba and returning to Akron, Simpson decided to go on a diet to reduce her weight to a target of in order to become more self-sufficient and to be able to do a better job of raising her children. References 1967 births American Internet celebrities Fat acceptance activists Living people People from Old Bridge Township, New Jersey People from Mogadore, Ohio 21st-century American women